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I'm currently using the hood and that's it. I think I'll like use a lot of costume slots for this one.

Thanks. I feared the male restriction. Like I said, I have a decent backup.

What are the parts which make up the chest area and does the belt need to be unlocked? I know I had the belt for at least one other character, but I'm not getting it to show up on a female I am working on. Definitely not looking to copy it as I've made changes already. I'm just wondering. Heck, some of which I did copy just doesn't like right so I'm more looking like another variation of a ranger right now. I only have the boots and hood for what I would keep. I do like the belt I am currently using and might just keep it. I had a different top, but clipping was causing issue with any belt I liked, so trying to see if this one works.

I think I read somewhere someone was trying to figure out the odds for something and admitted that there can be roughly a 3% variance in the testing. So even getting a 47/53 disparity would be within reason even when someone would be going, "See, it favors the one side."

Have you looked here?

Doesn't Ice Slick do KD on him which would make it even safer? I know Clockwork can be weird with KD being KB.

I don't know that what dev team is thinking, but I would highly doubt they are eager to pull any plug on a server as that generates all sorts of negative press for a game. I could see going three servers, US, EU, and RP, but I just doubt that's in the works anytime soon. I started on Torch, so at least one of my characters have a '.' in their name when I moved them over to Excel. I had thought of moving some back as a place for "retirement," but I just haven't done so. I say "retirement" as I would fully plan on still playing the builds but just less so.

+4/x8 Council map at level 48 on a Ice/stone IOed out as well as I can. No Accolades for End. It set no speed records. I wouldn't recommend it, but it can be done using what drops for inspirs. Anything which resist your damage decently enough or even has any sort of End Drain I would not recommend doing the same under those conditions. Arachnos even at +2 are an absolute handful. I'm currently soloing at +1/x8 at level 49.

I'm doing two slotted Stamina and one other PS-End% for my Ice/stone Brute. There have been times when end is an issue, but I manage it even red side with all of those freaking Mu and at x8 although that was just today as I had been doing x4. I hit 47 so I don't care about out leveling content so much now. If anything, End can be an issue if you are soloing and take on Lethal Resistant mobs.

Pylon times are useful for when you are taking on things like Bosses and above. Minions and LTs are AoE cannon fodder. Since Scrappers are known for soling AVs, well, you aren't taking those down in 1-3 shots.

I don't have an answer for you, and you are asking someone who posted once here and hasn't been back this year.

I think I used Maelwys's build from here for when I wanted a non-farming build. I would have to double check if I did it exactly though.

I freely delete characters versus keeping them around although I do have a single page for ones I put on a backburner. I have 30+ characters. I will likely trim that down at some point. My current goal is to find 16-20 worth getting to 50 and investing in. I run a solo SG. I have numerous bins for everything and organize IOs. I have been known to use one of them for enhancements and load it up for a specific character I am working on so I know where to go. I only have Inspir storage for team based ones. If I need a costume for later, I just save it versus keeping a character around. I'll honestly cut down on my storage by half when I get around to it.

FTR, I was playing an Ice/stone Brute so I have Ice Patch. Granted, there's tons of ranged involved, but yeah. I'm okay with difficult content. Mr. G's red side arc was frustrating, nerve racking, and fun. The Cim part of the DA arc was also great as the mobs full of Bosses was fun to deal with. Straight up you do nothing and sit there while taking the L is not. The Rad based Longbow Boss would have sucked as well as you basically kiss your recharge goodbye. Eventually I will have decent enough resistance against that. There's a decent number of different Longbow Bosses so there is no real way to know what to expect.

I also prefer Claws in how it plays since I prefer faster playing sets, and the needlessly there ranged attacks. WP doesn't need Body for an Epic, but you honestly don't need Epic attacks either when you have Claws. WP can give you a bunch of End, but it also doesn't protect from End Drain either so more End isn't a bad thing. I have no qualms with WM, and I am getting back to leveling one soon enough. It is just a playstyle thing as I have taken Claws to 50 three times.

There is a difference between being hard and being auto fail.

I have a feeling this might of happened in a similar way with a mission I did the following day. I rescued the three NPCs. I didn't see them anymore so I assumed they eventually died. Mission would not succeed or fail and it was timed. I logged out and back in and abandoned it. And yes, I cleared out the map. Some missions are just quirky. I had another where I had to rescue a NPC. Ends up there were 5 different versions of said NPC, but they only cared about the named one. The funniest part? All of the NPCs generated ambushes except for the named one.

The only difference between 0/x8 and +4/x8 is currency drops and ego.

Scrapper forum has the pylon thread so you can look there, but Em/bio in offensive mode is likely the top one in terms of ST. Rad/fire Brute is the AoE king partly because IG from Rad is super good in how procs work. It does come at the cost of being more flimsy. I find FA to be middle ground at best when doing non-farm content.

Without new power sets, it is basically the state of the game. New content is needed and nice, but I don't think a new TF adds as much as a new power set does. A TF can be done by existing characters. A new power set means more characters.

I think the game is in the mode of where we will get spikes based on releases, but people will likely just play it casual coming in and out as needed. I'm slowing getting to the point of playing for the sake of playing and not really having an answer for "now what?" I have like 4 builds to get to 50, and after that, I can't think of any I have a real desire to get to 50. I'll just play my 50s.

In terms of the build, you don't really need Swipe around level 20, so you can one slot it and put those slots elsewhere. You can two slot Sprint to get some S/L Res.

Current numbers on my Brute Ice/stone/soul build. S/L: 50.19 E/N: 43.87 P: 42.62 F/C: 40.66 I can't get S/L Res as high as I want, but the Def is high enough it matters little. E\N Res is lacking, but again, the def is quite high. Psi Resist is terrible, but I have stood in the middle Psi-Cops and their ranged attacks and been fine. On it and my Claws/en Scrapper, I put a grand total of maybe one proc in an attack and Shockwave has the KD one. I see no reason for Claws/stone to not work out really well. If I hadn't taken Claws to 50 three times already, I would roll one. Scrapper Claws is the most fun melee set going. FYI, the build skips Evis. I concur on that. I can make an attack chain of FU, Spin, and Shockwave.

Savage and Stone Armor both do.

Only level 41, but Ice\stone\soul has to be in the running for best overall build I've run regardless of the map. It has cake walked some of the maps with heavy doses of Psi-Cops and their ranged attacks. Biggest con right now is lack of En Resist, but the Def is high enough it isn't that huge of an issue. I had about a 3 level run where end became an issue but more slotting and hitting 40 for that extra row of inspirs has helped. Still only +1/x4, but I see no reason to not do +3 for more of my standard soloing whatever map at a casual level when I hit +1. x8 when I can add in for DDR with Ageless as mobs are small enough now stacking -Def hasn't been much of an issue. Likely more getting Ageless for the Recharge and End. I will say how DoT heavy the build is I had to change how I attack to more spreading my attacks around to let the DoT work versus focusing on single targets unless it is a boss or EB.